Nanny

Director Nikyatu Jusu’s haunting tale of immigrant sacrifice engulfs and beguiles.

An eerie, dreamlike drama of cultural displacement, class exploitation, and mythic surrealism...

The basic elements of Nanny have a lot of promise, but they’re not woven together very convincingly. Most of the tension arises from the portrayal of a very mundane nightmare.

Nanny is a sensational directorial debut and one of the best horror films of 2022.

The last act doesn’t quite live up to the status of future classic that the best of the movie promises, but still: Jusu is a serious talent with a sharp eye for things gone wrong.

A singular vision that, even when its focus drifts, provides one woman’s worldview all the dignity it deserves — amid dementia she surely does not.

Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny exquisitely blends fantastic folk horror and all-too-real terrors of immigrant exploitation and maternal anxiety.

Still, this is a rich and thought-provoking film with a lot of tension carried largely by Diop’s generous and layered performance.

Nikyatu Jusu deconstructs the American Dream with a singular, unnerving vision in Nanny, a film of unforgettable visuals and a raging underbelly.

In spite of its conclusion, it’s a promising start to Nikyatu Jusu’s career.